“When we were done partying, we got out of our nice dresses, got back into our stadium coats and, at 7 a.m. with no sleep, went on the Today show drunk,” she told ESPN The Magazine.

“Vince Vaughn partied with us. Steve Byrne, the comedian,” Solo continued. “And at some point we decided to take the party back to the village, so we started talking to the security guards, showed off our gold medals, got their attention and snuck our group through without credentials – which is absolutely unheard of.”

A lot of people will be critical of Solo for her “lack of professionalism” but NBC had to know the condition their interviewees might be in after celebrating a gold medal victory half way across the world. Remember when the whole cast of Cheers was bombed on the Tonight show after the did a live show that aired after the show’s finale?